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No. 808,089. PATENTED DEC. 26, 1905. G. W. HOPKINS & A. B. GANFIELD.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR.13, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WV. HOPKINS AND ALBERT B. CANFIELD, OF GUTHRIE, OKLA HOMA TERRITORY; SAID CANFIELD ASSIGNOR TO SAID HOPKINS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

Application filed March 13. 1905. Serial No. 249,727.

To aZ-Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. Hor- KINS and ALBERT B. CANFIELD, citizens of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bins, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in bins or barrels for dispensing apples, oranges, lemons, potatoes, turnips, cranberries, 850.

Our object is to provide a bin wherein fruits, vegetables, or berries may be displayed and ventilated, which is closed at the top to prevent customers from sampling the contents of the bin, and is provided with a valve near its lower end, so that its contents or a portion thereof may be transferred to a peck or bushel measure with less time and labor than in the ordinary method by hand.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, and in order that it may be fully understood reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of our improved bin. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the lower end of the bin and the valve connected thereto.

In carrying out our invention, we employ a bin consisting, preferably, of a wirecloth body portion 1, reinforced at its opposite ends with metallic bands 2 and 3, respectively, the latter of which is secured to an inclined bottom portion 4, closing the lower end of the bin. Bottom portion 4 is supported a suitable distance above the floor by legs 5.

6 designates an opening in the body portion 1, communicating with the lower side of the bottom portion 4.

7 designates a reinforcing plate secured against the inner surface of body portion 1 with bolts 8 and provided with an opening 9, registering with opening 6.

10 designates a retaining-plate secured to the exterior surface of body portion 1 by bolts 8 and provided with an opening 11, communicating with openings 6 and 9. Plate 10 is provided at its opening with an outwardly-projecting segmental flange 12, communicating at its upper portion with an outwardly-projecting segmental cover 13. Said plate 10 is also provided with an inwardlyextending flange 14, acting as a spreader be- 5 tween plates 7 and 10, so that they will not press too tightly against the enlarged open end 14 of a drum 15, j ournaled therein. Drum 15 is closed at its outer end by a head 16 and provided with an outlet-opening 17 in 6 its cylindrical wall. It is also provided with a handle 18, secured to head 16 for the purpose of affording a convenient means for turning the drum. The outer end of the drum is supported by a pin 19, secured to the 6 lower end of a brace 20, which latter is fastened at its upper end to one of the supporting-legs 5, as shown in Fig. 2. v

The upper end of the bin is normally closed by a cap 21, which may be locked or otherwise secured thereon to prevent unauthorized persons from sampling the contents of the bin.

In practice the drum is turned so that its outlet is uppermost and closed by cover 13, 7

as shown in Fig. 1. The bin is then filled through its upper end with fruit, vegetables, or berries, a portion of which enters drum 15 through inlet 14. Cap 21 is then secured upon the upper end of said bin. When it is v desired to remove a portion of the contents of the bin, the drum is turned until access may be had to outlet 17, when a portion of its contents may be readily removed by hand,

this being the most convenient way of dispensing oranges, lemons, or other fruits usually sold by the dozen. In dispensing potatoes, turnips, or other vegetables usually sold by the peck or bushel the quickest and most convenient way to remove same from the bin 1 and the drum is to turn the latter one-half of a revolution, so that its contents may fall through opening 17 into a measure or other receptacle placed beneath said opening.

From the above description it is apparent 'end journaled in said plates provided with an inlet in its journaled end and an outlet in its j cylindrical wall, a handle secured to said l drum, and a shield for normally closing the charge --opening formed in the cylindrical outlet. Wall of the drum, a handle secured to said 2. A bin provided with an outlet-opening drum and a shield for normally closing the in its side portion adjacent the bottom theredischarge-opening. 15

5 of, plates secured to said side portion having In testimony whereof We affix our signaopenings registering With said outletopen tures in the presence of two Witnesses.

ing, a rotative drum having an enlarged end GEORGE W. HOPKINS.

which is journaled between said plates, said ALBERT B. OANFIELD. drum having an open end which registers Witnesses:

IO With the openings in said plates, means for GEORGE PEAKER,

supporting the outer end of the drum, a dis- JOHN M. MCDOWELL. 

